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"Superman: The Movie" Screening in Tacoma, WA
Posted on September 24, 2024 by Neil Cole
The Grand Cinema in Tacoma, WA will present a special screening of "Superman: The Movie" on Monday, November 4th at 7:00PM (PT) as part of their "Science on Screen" series.
One of the most well-regarded superhero films of all time, Superman was a box-office smash when it rocketed to Earth in 1978. The last son of the dead planet Krypton, Kal-El (Christopher Reeve) is found as a baby by Jonathan (Glenn Ford) and Martha Kent (Phyllis Thaxter) when his spaceship crashes just outside of Smallville, USA. Given the name "Clark" by his adopted parents, the boy grows up strong in the American heartland, developing amazing powers under the light of the yellow sun. One day, Clark finds a glowing crystal, and with it finds out about his alien heritage, the knowledge imparted to him by his birth father, Jor-El (Marlon Brando). The boy becomes a man, and moves to Metropolis to work for the Daily Planet newspaper, finding love in Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) and danger in the form of criminal genius Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman).
The screening will be preceded by a discussion from Professor Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad (PHD) who, much like Jor-El in the film, created an artificial intelligence (AI) simulation of his late father called "Grandpa Bot" to give his young children the experience of knowing their grandfather.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit GrandCinema.com.
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